On Monday, April 15th, we co-hosted another event with Portland’s Techno-Activism 3rd Mondays, this time on Portland’s Surveillance Inventory Draft. At the event, Hector Dominguez, Open Data Coordinator at Smart City PDX, joined us to discuss the the draft surveillance technology inventory specification and to share details of how you can still give input into…
AI governance
On February 20th, we co-hosted an event called How governments are making AI more responsible, fair and explainable with Portland’s Techno-Activism 3rd Mondays. Kate Kaye, deputy director of World Privacy Forum, joined us to discuss the organization’s recently-released report on AI Governance. The report, which was co-authored by Pam Dixon, is the result of a…
AI in Education
On Monday, January 29th, at 6 PM PST, we’ll be teaming up with Portland’s Techno-Activism 3rd Mondays for an event called The AI Education Movement: Youth, Students, and Everyone Else. Presenters Maansi Singh, Sahana Srinivasan, and Julianne Huang, who are all members of the Oregon chapter of Encode Justice, will discuss how Artificial Intelligence is…
Hearing for Oregon privacy bill
A public hearing for a state-level privacy bill is scheduled for Tuesday, March 7th from 1pm – 2:30pm. The legislation is called the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act, and here’s a summary: “Permits consumers to obtain from a controller that processes consumer personal data confirmation as to whether controller is processing consumer’s personal data and categories…
Stop Surveillance Community Forum
PDX Privacy is co-sponsoring a community forum on surveillance with Sisters of the Road, Carceral Tech Resistance Network, Freedom to Thrive, and the Oregon Justice Resource Center. The two-hour, hybrid event will take place at Grinds & Vines (3520 SE Yamhill) and online on March 14th, 2023, at 6pm, and will feature presentations from: Panelists…
PCCEP Town Hall on Gunshot Detection Systems
Members of the Portland Committee on Community-Engaged Policing (PCCEP) are holding a Town Hall on Gunshot Detection Technology, including ShotSpotter and EAGL Technology, on March 1 from 6-9 PM, and they want to hear from you! Attend and share your concerns, questions, and feedback about gunshot detection technologies and any associated future policies. Join the…
Portland Surveillance Technologies Policy
On Monday, October 17, 2022, Hector Dominguez, of Smart City PDX, joined us and Portland’s TA3M to discuss the surveillance technologies policy that his team and Portland’s Office of Equity and Human Rights have been working on for the past year. The proposed policy is a binding resolution, which you can read here:https://www.smartcitypdx.com/news/2022/9/20/september-2022-surveillance-technologies-policy-updates Slides from…
Police Intelligence Gathering and Surveillance Audit
Last year, the City of Portland Auditor’s Office performed an audit of police surveillance used in the city, and we participated by providing input. The audit objective was to answer the question “Did police gather intelligence and conduct criminal investigations in a manner that protected privacy and civil liberties during the protests that occurred between…
Winter 2022 newsletter now available!
Read the latest version of our newsletter here: https://pdxprivacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Winter-2022-Newsletter.pdf
Portland City Council Surveillance Work Session
Portland City Council will hold a work session on surveillance and digital justice on January 11, 2022 at 9:30 AM PST. Speakers at this meeting will inform City Council members about the impacts of surveillance technologies on local communities, describe how other cities have developed policies to regulate surveillance technology use, and discuss potential strategies…